Tunnel of Love (extract from “The Carousel Waltz”) Songtext
von Dire Straits

Getting crazy on the waltzers
But it′s the life that I choose, yeah
Sing about the sixblade, sing about the switchback
And a torture tattoo

And I been riding on a ghost train
Where the cars they scream and slam
And I don't know where I′ll be tonight
But I'd always tell you where I am

In a screaming ring of faces
I seen her standing in the light
She had a ticket for the races
Yeah, just like me, she was a victim of the night

I put my hand upon the lever
Said, let it rock and let it roll
I had a one arm bandit fever
There was an arrow through my heart and my soul


And the big wheel keep on turning
Neon burning up above
And I'm just high on the world
Come on and take a low ride with me, girl
On the tunnel of love
Yeah, love

It′s just a danger, danger
When you′re riding at your own risk
She said, "You are the perfect stranger"
She said, "Baby, keep it like this"

It's just a cake walk, twisting baby
Yeah, step right up and say
"Hey mister, give me two, give me two now
′Cause any two can play"

And the big wheel on turning
Neon burning up above
And I'm just high on the world
Come on and take a low ride with me, girl
On the tunnel of love
Oh love, love

Well, it′s been money for muscle on a another whirligig
Money for muscle and another girl I dig
Another hustle just to, just to make it big
And rockaway, rockaway
Oh rockaway, rockaway


And girl, it look so pretty to me
Like it always did
Oh, like the Spanish city to me
When we were kids
Yeah girl, it looks so pretty to me
Just like it always did
Oh, like the Spanish city to me
When we were kids

Voila

Check it out

She took off a silver locket
She said remember me by this
She put her hand in my pocket
I got a keepsake and a kiss

And in the roar of dust and diesel
I stood and watched her walk away
I could have caught up with her easy enough
But something must have made me stay

And the big wheel keep on turning
Neon burning up above
And I'm just high on the world
Come on and take a low ride with me, girl
On the tunnel of love
Yeah love, love
On the tunnel of love
Woo-oh love, love

Yeah, now I am searchin′ through these carrousels and the carnival arcade
Searching everywhere, from steeplechase to balustrades
In any shooting galleries where promises are made
To rockaway, rockaway
Rockaway, rockaway
From Cullercoats to Whitley Bay
And to rockaway

And girl, it looks so pretty to me, like it always did
Like the Spanish city to me when we were kids
Girl it looks so pretty to me, like it always did
Like the Spanish city to me when we were kids